the dead rose-the world fell, but carsyn walsh rose higher. with her family at her side, she grew stronger, smarter, braver... what she didn't expect to excel in during an apocalypse was love. that was until a clueless pizza delivery guy showed up...
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THE INTUITION to start packing my bag kicked in the moment i heard commotion outside of my door. i ran across the hall to grab some of my stuff i left in glenns room before heading out with the others.
"hey! hey, what the hell does that mean? hey, man, i'm talking to you." daryl sneered, running up behind jenner.
i grabbed his shoulder, shaking my head, "leave him be. tell me what's going on."
he threw his hands up at jenner, looking down at me, "said something about zone 5 shutting itself down. i don't even know what he means shutting itself down."
"okay, rick and the others are back. i'm sure they've figured out something about what's going on" i assured, surprisingly earning a nod from him.
"rick?" lori yelled over the rails, causing me to look over too. finding glenn, chris, and my father giving me a worried look.
i took off down the stairs behind jenner, meeting the guys at the bottom, "what's going on?"
"we don't know... we need to let rick and your dad handle it" glenn informed, pulling me along as they followed jenner.
"the world runs on fossil fuel. i mean, how stupid is that?" jenner chuckled, moving back towards the computer.
my dad jumped up the stairs, reaching out for jenner, "let me tell you—"
i sprung forward grabbing his arm, pulling him back down with me, "just don't— don't fight with him"
he watched my worried expression grow, only giving me a nod as he stood close to me and my brother. not leaving us for once.
"lori, grab our things. everybody, get your stuff. we're getting out of here now" rick instructed, causing everyone to run off just.
my dad started pushing me and chris towards the gate, only to stop when a loud alarm started blaring. warning us that the timer was at the 30 minute mark.
"did you just lock us in? he just locked us in!" glenn yelled, causing me to grab his hand that was pointing to the door that had just closed, "don't panic, okay? we won't get anything done if we panic."
"how do you not expect me to panic?"
"you son of a bitch" daryl roared, turning my attention away from glenn to every which direction as people started to shout.
"it's better this way" jenner said, looking to me as the commotion only got louder.
"what is? what happens in 28 minutes?" rick asked, causing jenner to shoot up from his chair, screaming back at rick, "do you know what this place is? we protected the public from very nasty stuff! stuff you don't want getting out ever!"
he took a deep breath, fixing his coat before sitting down, "h.i.t.s are deployed to prevent any organisms from getting out."
rick turned to me, "did you learn about h.i.t.s too?"
